Elongated tablet package and wrapping



. 1931. A J. RITZEL 1,805,418

ELONGATED TABLET PACKAGE AND WRAPPING Filed Afig. 26. 1929 2Sheets-Sheet 1 May 12,1931. w. J. RITZEL 1,805,418

ELONGATED TABLET PACKAGE AND WRAPPING Filed Aug. 26. 1929 2 Sheets-Shet2 gwbentoz W45 asap/123926;

, ELNGATED-TABiQiiT EACKAGIQ A w1inisJoeEPH mmb msgmm, GAL E'Q' NI IThis invention relates to packages onspecial ,wrappingiiineans' forsticks of chewing 1 it} of elements; so combined that as: partial-o ytripped the exposed portion of the; gumf will'bejthatportionfofthegumfnearest'the '55 packages ofa number of individual .Wrapped ff units'held together by a common wnapper gum and like relatively thin,; long,narfi 'ow tablet (in sheet form articles! which are prac-f 5ticallyjuniversallynow sold COIHIHGI'CIELHy-III o1" longtubular formbend.

My-invent-ionis particularly intendedffon I use by -persons whendnlylng' automob les boats, airplanes, or'otherwlseengaged lnjsomeactivity requiring the use ;of at 'lea sit- (on handin' operating orSteeringlsome -meche 'nisnL.

" 7 Due 30 th f acfith'at' chewing gulniespecji al- 'ly is vel yc'ereflllly lwm pped to 'sealthe inlnal atmospheric conditions until;such time as they may be'consnmedfonused up; i quite dificult for; anyone to stripjoif Wmppings' and place th'e um in his' mouth of theirdesire for a'chewof gnmywhile ,dr-ii V ing or else bring their carsftoastop so that they can safely, have theireen'se of bo'th 'hzinds in s't ripplfng'the WnaPping 'fl om the' dei'red gum.

notutlgum, as distinguished} rom,it o

' erin'gybelng fiou'chedfby thecons nmers hands,

- said gun-1&5 completely proteoted against cong tamin ation With, orexposure to, germs on;

fofp 11s 111 connection with relatively long, narrow,

inventioninndyjgherefore, the drawmgs and a package. a wrappingcomprising a pluralpf-flnnen sealing Wrapper portion whereby l un'gndSaid-Wrapper portionon Seo A me hanicauymombineand 'interej lock toprevent accidental or "unintentional I parzttion to piojy'ide' a specia1 seotional overlappinginterlocking inner sealing ra(interjwi'xpper together against independent I o 'e l liasd f d'ito 'aPage co lnprl s mg angall paper Wrapping; and oy lcle mwrapplngparticularly" l'endin g itself wmanumbmre ail'idiappl'ication to the "lr o n e ocdsb The'primary objects of my present inVen-l 'tionai'e toprovide a special wrapping means} on page] agev whereby the wiappin'gsjv-mayfbe- "partially etripped from'thefindividual units gumeothat the'ijlattef'f may be" easily *i'pperlj between the lips ont ethian cljzffuhe 111 extensiife iuse fol" {wrapp'lng and tickeoleheetsOfieheyving gum. as now "extensively sold'in jchjs country; lllYeIl tlOl 'l 15; not limitedio use; with chew: l' gybeapplied toany similarlyshanec1-a1 t1cles wheredeslred.

onl the p're I L .yfz'b "wayiof"illustration of ihe practice ftheteof,by MW- required. fiHowever','iit i} bv ion s that iny im ention is' capea number of other and different em bodimentenndlthlat the variofisdetails theremodified in a "number of difierent all] without departing'from my said mews i *1 oy rap inggm combination with an Iouter,wraploer g'andineans securing one of a M lsai'd sections ofsai'clinner Wrapper and'said dividnal units to protecfitthem against"nor-f a endwise movementytdgproVid suchr a, rap

pin or inclividtlal'in'liit package wherein. jeach g u nit i1l,ib e seaI H v the, atmi os'pherefuntilnsed' without using both hands; so much sothat, f 7 Where there i'sonoone, to doritfforthemjmost I motorists 'eitherj do Without.the satifaction I 3 pplm h :1 sh g n s rferredaembodiment of'my invenembodying my invention;

description herein are to be considered as merely illustrative and notas exclusive.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofa commercial package of a number of units Figure 2, a centrallongitudinal section through one of said units on a greatly enlargedscale, gripped preparatory to initial Figure 4, a view similarto Fig. 3,after partial stripping;

Figure 3, a view similar to Fig. 2 and in intermediate stage of partialstripping;

the partial stripping has been completed,and

gripped preparatory to completion of the,

stripping and the insertion of the gum in the consumeris mouth Figure 5,,asection on line 55 of Fig. 2,

looking in the direction of the arrows; e

Figure 6, a perspectlve superposed view of the gum 2 and the lowersection 5 of the inner. sealing wrapper in process of associa- I riouslayers of,and the curves of, the various ,wrappings being greatlyexaggerated;

Figure 7 a fragmentary perspective View ,ofthe :upper end portion of thestick of. gum 2 with section 5, applied thereto; t

Figure 8, a transverse sectional view through one of the finished unitstaken onaq slanting line intersecting the interlocking ears 7 and .11and the reversely folded and 'c'rimpe'd portion 6, the thickness of theva- Figure9, a perspective view of the outer -wrap i ng 12 with theupper nner sealing wrapping section 9 pasted thereto with the gunrQhaving the section 5 applied thereto;

shown infsuperposed relation in the course ofassociation of the variousparts; and

Figure 10, a perspective view thevarious 7,

parts with the interlocking ears 7 and 11 of the. inner wrapper orwrapping sect ons in interlocked relation, the arrows indicating thedirection of folding of the various parts in the final steps ofthewraprnng process.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the commercial package soldover the counter comprises a plurality of individual. units, five beingillustrated in Fig.1, held together by a common outer wrapperor binder 1having its. longitudinal edge portions overlapping andpastedftogetherjafter said wrapper 1 has been drawntightly about thesaid plurality of individual units. i V V ;Each individual unit consistsof a stick of gum' 2.; an individual lower inner sealing paperwrappersection 5, an individual upper inner sealing paper wrappersect-ion 9, and an individual'outer preferably paper wrapper 13, themedial portion of the outer face of the uppeninnersealing Wrappersection 9 being secured to the opposedmner face portion of the outerindividual wrapper 13 pref erablv overanextensive means at 10, as invmaybe sli htly nearer the adjacent end of n the tablet or stick of gum 2than the inner portion of said shoulder 4-, whereby the outerpm't-iou'thereof would overhang or overlie the inner portion thereof,the object being to provide. an abrupt protrusion or hook or shoulder,such as 4, to insure a positive mechanical engagement between the tabletQandthe lower inner sealing wrapper section 5, and so long as aprotrusion, hook,

shoulder or face such as 4 infunction be provided to be engaged by thelower lnner seallng wrapper section 5 and to establish a mechanicalinterlocking relationbetween such p ts whichw ll 1f0SlStaccidental orunmtentionalseparation thereof under normal I iditions oftransportation, merchandising [and ordinary disposition and handling bythe czn'isnnier, that. will be sufiicient so far as this feature of myinvention is concerned, though notching out as at 8 permits the formofthe shoulder 4 within the eneral outa D llilt} of the tablet or stick ofgum 2, thus avoidngprotrusions beyond the general contour the tablet orst ck of gum 2 and avoiding rregularity in sha zethat m ght presentdifiiculticsin thewrapping and packing operations. Gfl course, also,even though a less abrupt angle, or junction'betw een the shoulderd andthe.adjacentside edge than the right angle shown might suflice,-it ispreferable, if this feature of interlock-between.

the tablet or s'tick of gum 2 and lower inner sealing Wrapper section 5is to be taken advantage of,'tomak-e the mechanical interlock betweenthem as positive as practicable to guard against accidental orunintentional paration and to positively insure the with- Qnrawalof thetablet or stick of gum 2 with thelowcr inner sealing wrapper section 5 5from the individual outer wrapper 13 and the/upper inner sealing wrappersection 9 when desired. x i The stick of gum 2 is arranged on the me dal longitudinal portion of the lower inner alingn rapper section fiwhich then has and inftlie order stated, against or tov no .thetablet 2into overlapping relation,

l its ,end portion was thus longitudinally v'ond theend of the tabletorstick of gum longitudinal side portions (1 and I) folded d, foldedover flat upon itself a little Y 2 to form a pulltab or grip 8, and thatcorner Q of the upper portion of'said inner wrapper section and no tch 3is thencrimped through the notch 8 and folded back flat against oneside;

5 which lies adjacent the shoulder 4' upper portion of said tablet or ofgum 2 )resented toward the consumers mouth.

Alter said outerindividualwrapper 13 with section 9 and hold tab 14 havebeen discarded,

as above mentioned, the consumer next grips the exposed upper endportion'of the tablet or stick ofgun 2 between his teeth orlips andpulls downward on pull tabor portion 8,

as illustrated in 4, so completingthe st 'ipping of the wrapping fromthe tablet or stick of gum 2, thereafter, of course, discarding thelowerinnersealing wrapper section and manipulating his lips, teeth andtongue to draw said tablet or gum 2 into his mouth.

-; From the foregoing it will be noted that the tablet or gum 2 isintroduced into the consuiners nouth without being touched by his hand,clothing or any foreign object, and

a that after once gripping the pull tab or portion S between' his thumband forefinger he maintains such grip throughout the stripping operationwithout need for changing or shifting his grip in any way. I I

All wrappings, hold tabs,-pull tabs, in fact all parts, except thecontained article and the adhesive, will preferably be of paper,

though this is not essential, and will preferably be of such'thickness,tensile strength, moisture-proof and atmosphere-resisting qualities andother characteristics as are best suited to their functions all as nowin gen- I skilled in the art.

eral well known and understood by those Of course thG'iIltBI'lOOkbetween the tablet 2 and the lower inner sealing wrapper section-5, asconstituted by the notch 3, shoulder 4 and crimp andfold 6 may bedispensed with, if desired, in the interests of "simplicity and economyin the packagingop'eration, the

; interengagement between the two inner seal- "ing wrapper sections 5and 9 by means of the ear-s7 and 11 or substitute parts having the samegeneral functions being, however, re-

though the lower Y inner wrapper section 5,

i on being withdrawn from outer wrapper 13 and so released from thebinding action thereofmay slightly: spread, so impairing the frictionalcontact betweenit and the resist unfolding thereof so long as disposedwithin said outer wrapper.

tablet 2, but evenso, there will most usually be some appreciablefrictional contact between jthem, resisting, their unintentionalseparationand,further, of course, the lower inner sealing wrappersection 5 will extend T about and below the tablet or stick of gum2,"which will normally'be inserted by an upward movement directly intothe consumers v mouth, the said sect1on5 thus serv ng'asa cup I claim-asnew than the length thereof;

QfbOttOlll 'socket for said tablet or stick of gum 2, so that therewould be no occasion to turn the gum so that it could, and hence therewould be very'little risk that it would, drop out of section 5 whilepartially stripped and before being gripped by the consumer between histeeth or lips;

However, the provision of the feature of such'interlock between" thetablet or stick of gum 2 and thesection 5, even though not essen'tial,is preferred.

Having thus described my invention, what and desire to secure by LettersPatent is: r

I 1'. Apackage comprising a tablet of long, narrow, thin contour formedwith a shoulder ata distancefroin one of its ends, in combination witlia wrapping applied snugly about a portion of said tablet and having aportion extending across theface of said shoulder and resistingunintentional endwise sepaa tion of said tablet and said wrapping, 2. Apackage comprising a'tabletof long, 1121110W,$l11n,CORCOUI" formed witha. shoulder at a, distance from one of its ends, in comibination with a,wrapping applied snugly abcut aportionof said tablet and having aportion crnnped about said shoulder and folded toward the outer face ofan adjacent portion of said wrapping, said wrapping extending fromoneend' of the tablet for less l package comprising a tablet of long,narrow, thin contour formed with a shoulder at a'distancefroinone ofitsends, in COD]? bination with a wrapping applied snugly about aportion of said tablet andhav ng a port on;cr niped ;about said shoulderand foldedtoward the outer face ofan adgaccnt portion gof said'wrappin'g, and means for normally holding said crnnped and foldedportion of said wrapping against substantial movement in a directionaway from said outer face ofisaid'adjacent portion of said wrap ping. 7I 41. A sanitary package comprising a tablet 0f-l ()11g,-11a1"1'0\i',thin contour formed witha shoulder at a distance from one of its ends,

"in combination with a wrapping k i' iiplicd' snugly; about a portion ofsaid tablet and having a portion crnnped about said shoulder and foldedtoward the outer facelot an ad- .jacent portion of said wrapping, and anindividual open-end tubular outer wrapper operatively endless incross-section and bearing against said crin'iped and folded portion .to

' a portion of said tablet and about the lower end thereof and extendingin unbroken area from said lower .end'to said notch and havsectionfitting snugly about said wrapping and normally holdingfsaid foldedportion substantially to preserve and maintain H said interlockingrelation'betweensaid tablet anclwrapping 6. A sanitary packagecomprising a' tablet .of long, narrow, thin contourjtormed-,with

a notch inone side-edge portion,'and a lower inner sealing paperwrapper-section snugly applied-about the lower end and lower por} tionof said tablet and having a-portion fold-Q ed through saidnotch andsubstantially flat against the adjacent portion of the outer: face ofsaid wrapper section to positivelymechanically interlock with saidtablet, in V combination with; annpper inner sealing paper wrappersection snugly applied about the 'upperend and upperportion of saidtablet, said inner sealing wrapper, sectiens over} lapping to togethercompletely cover and seal in said tablet at all points,Iandsaid'sections having positive mechanicallyjhterem gaging portionsresisting. the r-endw se sepa';

ration away fromoeach other, and an-indiI-R vidual outertubnlar openended wrapper rel= atively tightly embraoing'said' inner sealing cwrapper sections and holding saidv folded portion of said lower sctionkagainst substantial movementaway fromsaid tablet and resisting thedisengagement ofsaid inter-Yv engagin ortions, said v individual outerwrapper and said upper, inner sealing wrap-1 per sectlon being connectedtogether against c ,o i

' 7 o; In test monyowhereof, I haversigned my relative endwise'movement.

7 A sanitary package comprising atabletl of long, narrow thin contour;andaloweri inner sealing paper, wrapper section snugly applied about thelower end and. lower p'or-a tion ofsaid tablet, in combination withanupper inner sealing paper wrapper section applied'about the npper endandupper pore upper;,andgup per portion of said tablet,

said inner wrappersections overlapping each" .o

in; the :path" of moveinentof said projection inanfendwiseldirectionaway from said latter section, and anindividual outer :wrapper op+era'tively,constituting can open-end endless 'bandfiextending in"contact at substantially all points abouttsaid innerrsealing "wrapperotherto together completely cover and sealin said tabletatallapoints;and one of said sections having a projection engaging, aportionot the; other ot said sections interposed sections land"resisting. the deformation. of

said projectiongp v p j a. y I a 9. Asanitary package comprising atablet of lo'ngfnarrow', thin-contour, and alower Y inner sealingwrappersection snugly applied about thenlowe'riend and lower portion of saidztablet in combination with an upper inner sealing wrapper sectionapplied about the upper end and upper portion of said tabulet, saidinnersealing wrapper sections over,-

arrins f iQ t *-t e w mplet y coverlandseal in'said tablet at allpoints5 and one-of said sections having .aiprojection envi'gaging'a-portion 'ottheother or said sectionsiinterposedin the pathilofmovement ofv saidprojection inan endwise direction away from said latterse'ctionto prevent their unj intentional endwise separation, anindividual outerwwrapper operatively constituting an iopengend-endlessband; extending in contact 5 at substantially vallfpointsabout saidinner sealing;.'wrapper nsect-ions and 1 resisting the deformation ofsaid promotion, and means permanently "(and relatively immovably Sc- 1curing together said-[outer wrapper and said upper inner sealing wrappersection.

{name to specification .at Pa-sadena, California, this 22ndday ofAugust, 1929.

A ,wI LIs- JOSEPH nirznnsf tion of'said tablet, saidiinnerwrapper secj,tion s, overlapping to "together completely cover and sealin at allpoints said tablet,

direction away from said latter f'section to prevent their unintentionalendwise separae tion,-and a commoninean's embracing said in ner wrapper.sections' to normally maintain them inoperative sealingjcondition: andto resistthe deformation/0t said projection 8'. A sanitary package comfi i ao. I letbf g;narrow,thincontoun and a'l w p inner sealingwrappersection snugly applied 7 about the'lower end and lower portion of said,i

tablet, in combination with aninpperjnner sealing wrapper sectionapplied about the? Y ,llai

